Flame Retardant Science and Policy Session, Brussels

Arlene Blum, Department of Chemistry, U.C. Berkeley
Flame retardants: How science can impact policy

Martin Scheringer, Swiss Federal Institute Technology
The substitution problem: PBT and POP properties of alternative brominated flame retardants

Stamatis Sivitos, European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation
ECOS: The European environmental umbrella NGO for greener standardization and ecodesign

Tom Webster, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
Why scientists can find policy problematic and what can be done

Pim Leonard, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam
Update on the ENFIRO project: Search for alternative flame retardants

Roland Weber, POPs Environmental Consulting
Alan Watson, Public Interest Consultants
BFRs in Stockholm Convention reveals: The unsustainable life cycle of BFR materials